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Entity Framework Code First is a lightweight way to "turn on" data access for a simple CLR class. As the name implies, the intended use is that you're writing the code first and thinking about the database later.

One of the obstacles ASP.NET developers faced in using the Internet Explorer 9 Beta was the dreaded “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage” error when running an ASP.NET application in Visual Studio.

Thanks for making mvcConf 2 a much bigger success than we'd ever anticipated! mvcConf grew out of the C4MVC meetings, with the first mvcConf event in July 2010. Following that event, we talked about what went well and what we'd like to do for the next event, and we all agreed that we wanted to go for it and see how big we could expand. Here's how the progression went:

Now is a great time to learn ASP.NET MVC. ASP.NET MVC 3 combined with NuGet have made the start-to-finish process of building out a website a lot simpler. If you’d like to see what’s new in ASP.NET MVC 3 and NuGet, or if you’ve never done ASP.NET MVC development, I think the MVC Music Store is a great place to start.